Re: [RML] Any Eggs?

Bruce Hansen (bruceh at powerup.com.au)
Sat, 13 May 2000 21:53:56 +1000

Hello Dennis

Many species of rainbowfish have been distributed via eggs - the eggs are
either picked off the plants or spawning mops and sold in a small vial of
water or alternatively the mop containing the eggs can be gently squeezed
out and transported in a plastic fishbag secured with a rubberband and
protected from extremes of temperature e.g. in styrofoam.

Since the eggs take a week to hatch you have a few days to transport them
before having to put them back in water . The embryos develop inside the
eggs to the hatching stage.

A similar procedure works for blue-eye eggs which can be carried for even
longer since they have a longer hatching time.

Regards,
Bruce Hansen
president at angfa.org.au
Please visit us at http://www.angfa.org.au

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Holmes" <dhdesign at onthenet.com.au>
To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 10:05 AM
Subject: [RML] Any Eggs?

> Are Rainbow eggs available
> Dennis
>